AP TET New Rules and Guidelines GO.NO 25

AP TET New Rules and Guidelines GO.NO 25 G.O.No:25– Guidelines for conducting Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (AP-TET) under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 RTE Act-2009, of Ministry of Law and Justice, Govt. of India, dt.27.08.2009.

AP TET New Rules and Guidelines GO.NO 25

In the reference 1st read above, Govt. of India have enacted RTE Act, 2009 on 27.08.2009 titled “The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education”. In accordance with the provision of Sub-Section (1) of section 23 of the RTE Act, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi in its Principal Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 and amendments issued thereon has laid down minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a Teacher for Classes I to VIII including a pass in Teacher Eligibility Test. Pursuant to the said Guidelines, it has been decided to conduct Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) twice in a every year for all persons, who aspire to become Teachers for Classes I to VIII in all Schools (Govt. / ZP / MP / Municipal /Recognized Pvt. Aided & Pvt. Un-Aided etc.,) in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

As per NCTE guidelines para (1) clearance of TET is mandatory for all those aspiring to be Teachers in Private or Government Managed Schools to ensure National Standards and benchmark of Teacher quality in the recruitment process.

In the reference 12th read above, Government have permitted the A.P.Public Service Commission to introduce the system of computer based examinations in the State of Andhra Pradesh and also accorded administrative sanction for entering Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A.P. Online basing on the rates fixed.

In the reference 13th read above, the Government permitted the A.P. State Council ofHigher Education to introduce the Computer Based Test for conducting of APCETs from 2017 onwards and also accorded administrative sanction for entering Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TCS.

After consideration of the matter the Government have issued guidelines in the reference 16th read above and subsequent amendments there on, in the reference 17th and 18th read above for conducting of AP TET

The Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi in the reference 19th read above, submitted proposals to conduct AP TET for Physical Education Teachers and School Assistant Physical Education in view of the reference 11th and 14th read above.

Government after careful examination of the proposals of the Commissioner ofSchool Education, Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati hereby issue the following Guidelines/ Instructions for conduct of Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as Computer Based Test (CBT) in supersession of the guidelines issued earlier in this regard.

The following guidelines shall be followed for conduct of APTET:-

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CANDIDATES FOR APPEARING AP-TET:

The candidates at the time of applying for AP-TET should be in possession of the

following minimum qualifications prescribed for category of I to V classes (Paper- I) and VI to